Tuesday, February 27, 2001

By Donovan Brooks and David Allen
Stars and Stripes

TAMUNING, Guam — A gunman who killed two nurses and injured four others before being shot by police at the Seventh Day Adventist Clinic here Monday morning died about three hours after the rampage.

A Guam television station identified the gunman as 44-year-old Peter Maguadog. One of the dead was identified as Lucia Maguadog, the gunman’s ex-wife. The other person killed during the shooting was Bernadette Moreno, the TV station reported.

A police spokesman said a man, identified by witnesses as Peter Maguadog, a former clinic employee, entered the building and opened fire at about 11:40 a.m. before taking a hostage.

He was then confronted by a Guam SWAT unit. The gunman shot the hostage before he was felled by the officers, police said.

Details concerning the shooting were still sketchy Monday afternoon, but the television station was reporting that Lucia and Peter Maguadog were scheduled to appear in the Superior Court of Guam on Tuesday afternoon.

Lucia, according to court documents, was seeking a permanent restraining order for protection from abuse.

Clinic worker Salvador Sanchez was in front of the building when the shooting began. The former police officer his immediate reaction was to run into the clinic. Sanchez said he stopped when he realized he didn’t have a weapon.

"He was after somebody," said Sanchez, who had blood on his shirt from one of the victims. "He was a former employee let go about a year ago. He was looking for the administrators."

Sanchez said it sounded like a small-caliber gun.

Valerie Rosario, a dental assistant at the clinic, said, "You never think this is going to happen. You just hear about it on the news."

Officer A.J. Balajadia, a police spokesman, said all of the wounded were taken to Guam Memorial Hospital.

Those listed as being injured are Jordan Urban, 29; Anthony Cruz, 26; Betty Vince, 56; and Kim Tom, no age given. They were in stable condition Monday afternoon, hospital officials.

Ambulance crews from U.S. Naval Forces Marianas responded to the crisis, said base spokesman Petty Officer 1st Class Bill Austin. It was unclear whether any of the injured were transported by the Navy ambulances.

Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force officials said there were no reports of base personnel involved in the shooting.

Most of the victims were shot on the second floor of the two-story clinic. The hostage and the gunman were shot on the first floor, Balajadia said.

Balajadia said the ordeal lasted about 30 minutes, and clinic doctors treated some of the victims before they were rushed to Guam Memorial.

Guam’s Acting Governor, Madeleine Bordallo, released a statement Monday afternoon, stating, "I would like to extend my condolences to the families of the victims who died today, and my prayers go out to the survivors and all the others who witnessed the frightening rampage."

The Guam Micronesia Chapter of Seventh-Day Adventists and the Guam Seventh-Day Adventist Clinic also issued a news release. "Our prayers are with the victims of this senseless act of violence and their families. We also pray for the man who did this and especially his family."

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